Émile Peynot

Peynot was born in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Burgundy. He became well known following his Grand Prize at the Prix de Rome sculpture competition in 1880, and a left a legacy of numerous monuments and reliefs in France as well as Argentina and Ecuador. He died in Paris in 1932.

• Marianne, Place Carnot, Lyon.
• Monument to Henri Schneider, Le Creusot.
• Monument to François-Louis Français, Plombières-les-Bains, Vosges.
• Marchand Tunisien ("Tunisian Mechant"), portraying an Arab merchant cleaning his weapon.
• La Aurora ("The Twilight"), Parque Centenario, Buenos Aires.
• Ofrenda Floral a Sarmiento ("Flowers for Sarmiento"), Palermo Rose Garden, Buenos Aires.
• La Lucha Eterna ("The Eternal Fight"), El Ejido park, Quito.
• Francia a la Argentina A gift from the French government created for Argentina centenary in 1910; it depicts two female figures, representing both countries, an angel of prosperity “Gloria” and four smaller figures: Science, Industry, Agriculture and the Arts.

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  Francia a la Argentina
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  François-Louis Français, Plombières-les-Bains
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  Marianne, Place Carnot, Lyon
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  Shield of the City of Paris, Petit Palais
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  Monument to Domingo Sarmiento, Buenos Aires
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  La lucha eterna (The Eternal Struggle), Quito.

• Prix de Rome
• French art